16 DECEMBER 1854, Page 12

. Vase of thanks to the Army and Nitvy'serving in

the Crimea ancIthe Bjaek Sea were last night passed unanimously by both Houses of Par- liament. In the House of Lords, the Doke of NEWCASTLE moved, and the Earl of Danny seconded,. tne,resolutrons conveying the thanks of Parliament The Earl ofHARDWICK'S)._ Lord HARD1NGR, the Earl of ; Martasenny, Lord Oututi, and Lord 1201..CalatiTER, also took part. In thitHouee of Commons, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved and Mr. DISEAELL seconded the resolutions; and Mr. IsTaan, Lord Honum, and others, joined in the subsequent conversation. The resolutions gave the thanteef-betb, Rinses to Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, " for theentitr iturdlstinguished ability with which he has con- ducted the operations' alter Majesty's forces in the Crimea, for the brilliant and decisive victory :obtained over the enemy's army on the Alma, and the signal defeat of a force_of vastly superior numbers on the heights of Inker- Arse to LientenantGeneral Sir John Burgoyne, 'Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, Lieutenant-General the Duke of -Cambridge, Lieutenant- General Sir. De., J.acy Evans, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England, Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, Major-Generat the Earl of Cardigan, Mejor-General Yorke Scarlett, Major-General Bentinck, Major-General Sir Cohn Campbell, Major-General Pennefather, Major-General Codrington, Major-General Adams, Major-General Sir John Campbell, Major-General I Boller, Major-General Eyre, and Major-General Terrell!, ; and to the other officers. And Parliament expressed its high acknowledgment of the " dis- tinguished discipline, valour, and exertions " of the non-commissioned offmers And privates ; 'with thanks to be communicated,

Thanks were also voted to Vice-Admiral Dundee, Rear-Admiral Sir Ed- mund Lyons, and the other officers of the feet; and the services of the sea- meo and marines is highly approved of and acknowledged. In separate resolutions, thanks are voted to General. Canrobert, General Bosquet and Admiral Hamelin, for their gallant and successful cooperation with her Majesty's forces in the Crimea. Lord DERBY raised some doubt as to the question whether there was precedent for the thanks to the officers of an ally; but Lord ABER- DEEN said there ivas, "after Waterloo:" •

Mr. LATARD was called,to account by several Members of the House of Commons, for his attacks upon Admiral Dmidas in anonymous publi- cations in newspapers. He offered, if called on, to substantiate certain charges made in a private letter "from'the-maintop of the .Agamemnon," butpublished without his consent, and for which he had expressed much regret before he left the Crimea, Sir Jean GRAHAM declared his readi- ness to meet Mr. Layard and protect the Admiral.

The motion for going into Committee _on the Foreigners' Enliatmen Bill led to a smart debate and a close division. At the commencement, the Duke of NEWCASTLE explained, that on reexamining the Bill, he dis- covered that it might be converted to the purpose of employing the foreign force within the United Kingdom as a substitute for the British force. Practically, no possible Government in this country could use such a power ; it was not intended, and the words implying the power shetild be struck out, while &direct p.rollibitionshottld be:Mamie& irthe hilt' The sole 'object of the ineastita is to enlist and enrol foreign troops, and to de. 'patch them to the seat of wan The,nunierittal lfniit, 15,000, had been copied from the act of 1806; Mit if there are-any objections to that num-

ber, he will alter it to 10,000. - -

The Earl of ELLENBOROITOgi drawing a diiitinction between the topped of the war and the support of Ministers;04einding the House that, he was the oldest supporter of the war;and that he Sad. fatigued the Peers with his constant references to it,Leenauted the Slovenly andeetokee manner in which Ministers treat measures for the military service of the country, making it a matter of indifference in the present ease whether a force should be 10,000 or 15,000. He reminded the.Iiousentbilepropo. ' sitions in 1853 to increase the Indian force, as .a precentionary:step in preparation for the impending war, and to strengthen. the force at Itosee, The rejection of those constitutional Meee0fle.:140w forced them trimIlter-

Bede the constitutional prinCiples of the country. " .;:,

' Government has sacrificed the two great, .peieciples srf .s Tar— secrecy and expedition. He admired the captestiesof trip, 4i.ter cT:f ministration but had noconfideacein them fOi,WAr.' He had tW'-ai/MT/-Reee the probability that Lord Aberdeen -woad sue,Med in' 'thing ze -tea-

roug ly hated as carrying on a war. .lier Majesty/it:Min Mrs tire e elv clever gentlemen ; they all possess air extheirdinary eatpaeltylorWthing good speethes of extraordinary length,..: Tho.ionly..exacititson higlithle friend : at the 'head. of the Government-j„:in- MA/ in

any other, he is the ablest 'Minister who ever sat upon those benches. (Laughter.) The want of the Cabinet ifiltjac,attaagern Ag'reettatinfouthing ability. The presence of so many very it*Iymettoeneippipapalletelatatetd

of facilitating public business.' The Ulla an Oen question amongst

them, anti to-strengthen them aspecialli to* thi',' Ytha them : " perhaps there is no measure that wepld yuciti.loncl.tetstrey, en

'f pAblike nees, as the expulsion, by ballot of :cine-third Minn It is a matter of perfect indifference who-go. I do not think j at 't

sign-

fies ope rush to the publicoonqual ere thdyj.:abittrfothriquitat

remaining two-thirds would conduct the butenemohtbatiosnseiyee wr t deal better than it is conducted at preset:0,J ,(firmerassaideagiseeery-tocr.,...7 The remainder of the 'debate oconsistekoPcreneutaciPattacksthpoisrldf- ' nieters, by Lord 11.tanwrca,z, Lord_ DMI,Fx.,,and,sttliers. nousn,_Lord Gitartinian,- and the Dolt g spokeluraguistent On a division, the motion for going inta_Committeewas carried by 55 to 43. In Com;nitUse,e clawiee, e,s emey.edoespou agreed to; and the re- ' port was ordered to be brought/if-this der lit'lliouteclock, with a view to the third reading on Monday,' In reply to a question put by the MaiTile .ahrseatrisicarton air; teltothe conduct ofAtistrminthe PrineijOliticit j F>ytfle if Guttman:sow Midges statement. At-the tiltnetisstrAni grEpetlitionIttOctile Crinieedtsttirlikil tated, General Hess pro nperationa: iireoncert with- the Alltliltrubit he was infornied that Allies intended to potted tigitiliat Se Austria, not being in a conditiontO'attaoli Ititsaltt

her own plan of cooperation, augmented, Sultan not-to accede to any demand for, e Turkish trod

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etrategically 'compelled the, Rtiessiantr -to"0 With respect to-their oodupatielifbrA' objected to it, unless With the-Conslend a from Wallachia. The Austrian Goverttmen,Y,_gpgtt se'fulleet astautoletat. that no exclusive occupation of the Prioeipelitiesmsta intencleflO'-iittMer41 theless, hiciderances were throwain the Wity:lor•Dwiarrathat-'1' these the French and British Geverumentainadhetmegstid'etfe strances ; whereupon the Austrian Goverment had acted contrary. to and excess ,of-,1theitl?-ctylr

ordeis terasent by telegraph It-appeared' th ishalad plan. A mixed Commission, consisting of the. Freneh,

ish, and British Aithasaadons at Vienna; tut to reeeitte,

from .Omar -Pasha alid the French and Engle* oneuls, withs powers to settle disputes: •

In -reply:to a Wagon from Mr.oWnitt,7Mr. Sritt6.34° -7 ii3c4n; Beitelacci.bad beeirappointed Auditor of the -DtiehY'C. high recommendations, for 'the purpose of placing the ace better condition than that in which they were leftleito, Mr. Lockhart, the previous literary incumbent KA •,ss- had never heard the name of Mr. Bertolacci ntistar Gladstone tioned him as a gentleMen who had already donenerviee:m,clantagl. public accounts. The neW.Auditor would. receive 2001c•inatecidfot-40 a year, and retain hia,position in the Board of Orstnenee,-obsW Cabinet Council held oh the 14th,it Wasta